With teams needing to choose between focussing on the Sprint or the GP, Russell edges out Perez and Leclerc, as McLaren pair and Bottas are sidelined with technical issues. read more »

Mercedes topped the timesheets for the first time this season as George Russell posted the fastest time in the final practice session for the Emilian Romagna Grand Prix,... read more »

George Russell set the fastest time in Practice Two at the Emilia Romagna GP as Mercedes showed signs of improvement ahead of Saturday's Sprint. read more »

The Briton, having qualified in 11th for the first sprint race of the season, which will take place on Saturday afternoon, remained at the top of the leaderboard with his... read more »

George Russell was fastest as Mercedes showed improved form in FP2 for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes topped the timesheets for the first time this season as George Russell set the pace in the final F1 practice session before the Imola sprint race.  read more »

George Russell has ended the final practice session from the Imola Circuit on top of the timeshees, setting a 1:19.457 on Saturday afternoon. It was the second practice session... read more »

George Russell and Mercedes upset the formbook in the second practice session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as the team finally showed a turn of pace. read more »

2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg has spoken out on the exchange that was spotted between Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and his driver Lewis Hamilton at Imola on... read more »

Neither Mercedes made it through to Q3 in Qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are eyeing progress in the two races. read more »

Mercedes is competing "very much in the midfield" over one lap pace, says the team's trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin. The reigning... read more »

Lewis Hamilton criticised his Mercedes team for "underperforming" and says he and team-mate George Russell are facing another "rescue" job at the Emilia... read more »

George Russell bemoaned the timing of red flags during Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying after being eliminated in Q2. read more »

Hamilton scraped through to the second stage of qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix by just four-thousandths of a second, but could not make it through to top-10... read more »

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the metal floor stays on George Russell's car broke during FP1 in Imola due to severe porpoising. The Brackley-based... read more »

The Mercedes motorsport boss also revealed the bouncing was so bad around Imola that his drivers were unable to traverse the main straight without lifting off before the... read more »

Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari must heed its lessons of the last couple of years and solely focus on itself when developing its Formula 1 package. Ferrari has vaulted to the... read more »

George Russell says Lewis Hamilton's status as "captain" of Mercedes means there will be "no hard feelings" between the team-mates, regardless of results. read more »

George Russell sees no reason for a rivalry with "captain of the team" Lewis Hamilton. read more »

Thankfully for Toto Wolff's stress levels, George Russell has been tipped to be more mature than Nico Rosberg was in 2016. read more »

George Russell may be second in F1's drivers' standings and Lewis Hamilton may have stood on the podium this year, but Mercedes has struggled. read more »

George Russell has paid tribute to the 'never say die' attitude of Lewis Hamilton after feeling the pressure from his team-mate in the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes driver George Russell says it is not his style to hype himself up and build the adrenaline before he takes to the track. read more »

George Russell says it is "pretty crazy" that he is P2 in the Drivers' standings. read more »

George Russell has described his disbelief as "crazy" that he sits second in the F1 drivers' standings to Charles Leclerc. read more »